served 12 yrs. in the Legislature. Was Probate Judge and held
many other offices of trust. About 1851, Mr. Montgomery and his
youngest son, McGrady, moved to Texas, settling near the old
Sempronius (Austin County) neighborhood, where they lived many
years. About 1840 McGrady Montgomery was married to Minerva Lucas
of Evansville, Indiana. To them were born the following children:
1) Margretta Montgomery--never married--lived to be 82 years old.
2) Martha Montgomery married Kivion Wilkerson Reese and had the
following five children:
a) Minerva Reese (Mrs. Woodson Francis Tottenham of Brenham,Tex.)
b) Kivion Reese--died at the age of 22
c) Margaret Reese married Eugene Watson Potter of Jonesboro,Ark.
d) Maude Reese--unmarried, lived at Brenham, Texas
e) Hoffman L. Reese died shortly before the 1939 letters at
his home in Brenham; was sheriff of Washington Co. 14 years.
3) Fielding Lucas Montgomery died late in life--a bachelor.
4) Florence Montgomery married Nehemiah Cochran and had the following
six children:
a) Thomas Cochran, "died a few years ago--left 5 children" (before
1939)
b) Carrie Cochran, a maiden lady teacher at San Marcos, Texas
c) John Cochran, "died a few years ago--left 3 children."
d) Elizabeth Cochran married C. J. Taylor of San Marcos, 2 ch.
e) Mary Cochran married Bowie White of El Paso, has 3 children
f) Irad (sic) Cochran a dentist in Fort Worth has 3 children.
5) America Montgomery, "now 88 years old; married James W. Crump
(Was 88 years old in 1939); had the following 8 children:
a) William Crump, "single--very ill, 67 years old."
b) Fielding Crump, "living in Houston, has 2 ch."
c) James Crump, "living in Port Arthur, has 2 children."
d) Oscar Crump, "living in Hempstead, has 2 children."
e) Hattie Crump, "living in Hempstead, has 6 children."
f) Ida Crump,"dead--had two children."
g) Maggie Crump--"widow living in Hempstead--no children."
h) Meccie Crump, "dead--had one child"
6) Caroline Montgomery, "now dead--married John Crawford, and had
the following four children:
a) Florrye Crawford, "single, living in Edna, Texas."
b) Mary Lee Crawford, "single, living in Edna, Texas."
c) Milton Crawford, "single, lives in El Paso."
d) Ruth Crawford, married C. W. Price of Aliibe, Texas, 3 ch."
MISS LYDIA ANNE MCHENRY
(This is from Sarah Pier's diary. Miss McHenry was a single
lady, sister to Maria Estill (McHenry) Kenney, wife of Rev. J. W.
Kenney. She came to Texas with the Kenney family in 1833 from
Kentucky, as Rev. Barnabas McHenry and his wife Sarah (Hardin)
McHenry died Oct. 15 or 16, 1833, of cholera. One Kenney child
died and two other McHenry girls. The Fannie mentioned in this
part of the diary must be the sister of Mr. McLaran that he said
died when they lived on Dr. Light's place in Austin County,--or
at Travis.)
"August 7, 1864: Mrs. McLaran sent for me to go down there as
Fannie was much worse."
"August 8, 1864: Mrs. Chapman and I sat up until 4 Oc. (O'clock)--
Fannie is dying, we hardly thought she would live through last
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